SAVE THE DATE!

Almost resolved.
Still breathing.

What happens when a painting refuses to behave and turns out to be beautiful?

“In Praise of Misbehaviour”
Solo Exhibition by Catherine Gutsche – May 1st to 29th
Vernissage: May 14th – 7PM 
at Art House Café, 555 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON @arthouse.ottawa 

This body of work explores the tension between movement and restraint; where emotional currents collide, disrupt, and briefly find balance. Each painting emerges through instinct and interruption: layers are built, scraped back, and reworked until the surface holds a sense of honest movement rather than resolution.

I am drawn to moments where order begins to settle but never fully behaves. These paintings resist control; they misbehave, shift, and push against stillness. Gesture and texture become a record of that resistance; marks that revel in uncertainty and refuse polish.

This series is not about harmony, but about vitality. About letting chaos breathe, kick up dust, and leave its trace.

I hope that you will join me at Art House Café on May 14th and share this exhibition with me.